V12 CONVERTIBLES - NUMBER PRODUCED

[BrianQuinn]

I have just been on a website which stated that there were 3862 V12 (XJ-S and XJS) Convertibles produced overall with 2500 of them in the UK.

Does anyone know if this is correct?


Thanks.


Brian

[ptjs1]

Brian,

I'm afraid that figure is way off. The official figures are:


13,197 pre-facelift 5.3 convertibles
3,674 facelift 5.3 convertibles
73 big-bumper 6.0 convertibles
76 "Celebration-type" 6.0 convertibles

I don't know the split between UK & Export models. I'll see if I can dig some figures out on that. One would expect that from 87-onwards, most US-spec vehicles were Convertibles.

Although there is a big price premium for them, Jaguar were producing more Convertibles than Coupes towards the end. For example more than 50% of all the 4.0 models prouced from 91-96 were Convertibles.

Hope that helps

Paul

[BrianQuinn]

Paul,

Many thanks for the information. Just goes to show you can't trust all you see on the Web. The URL for the site I saw the information on is:

http://www.greatescapecars.co.uk/cars-j ... uarxjs.asp


Brian

[jthorne]

Wow only 73 6ltr conv's that makes mine even rarer than i thought! Do you know how many RHD were produced and how many are still left in the UK?

[jthorne]

After my last post i thought i'd find out a little more so contacted the JDHT who say that 1706 6ltr cars were produced although they can't say how many RHD models exactly there were......